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Impacts of Mycoplasma loads and lung lesions on immune and hematological statuses of pigs in an eight-breed cross heterogeneous population.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2020
Zhang Qing, Li Jing, Huang Tao, Zhang Yifeng, Xu Wenwu, Huang Lusheng, Ai Huashui, Yang Bin
Abstract excerpt
Developments of pulmonary diseases, often accompanied by infections of bacteria, severely affect the meat production and welfare of pigs. This study investigated 307 pigs at age of 240 d from an eight-breed cross reared under standardized housing conditions for associations among the extent of lung lesions, bacteria load inferred from 16S rRNA sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, as well as 57 immune cells...
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